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Workstation atlas

Tap a numbered pin or a name in the list. Photos are from LA General ORs in 2026 — bins can move, so confirm in your room.

The workstation counter

Your home base: the Pyxis cabinet (screen and drawers), supply bins above, flushes and medication labels on the counter.

The anesthesia workstation counter with the Pyxis screen at left, two rows of supply bins above, a small bin of flushes and a dispenser of colored medication labels on the counter, and Pyxis drawers below.

Supply bins

Top row: extension sets, gauze, chlorhexidine syringe caps, IV start kits. Bottom row: ointment/lubricant, infusion plugs & stopcocks, alcohol pads, tape, EKG pads.

Two rows of clear supply bins with printed labels: extension sets, 4×4 sterile gauze, chlorhexidine syringe caps and IV start kits on top; ointments, infusion plugs and 3-way stopcocks, alcohol pads, tapes and EKG pads below.

Pyxis airway drawer

Tubes on top; airways and adjuncts in the middle; handles and blades below.

Open Pyxis drawer divided into compartments holding endotracheal tubes, mouth guards, tongue depressors, oral airways, laryngoscope handles, MAC 4 and MAC 3 blades and nasal trumpets.

Pyxis lines & syringes drawer

Syringes by size across the top; cannulas and IV catheters in the middle; extensions, arterial-line kits and safety needles below.

Open Pyxis drawer with compartments for 3, 5, 10 and 20 mL syringes, blunt plastic cannulas, needle cannulas, IV catheters, IV extensions, arterial-line kits and safety needles with syringes.

Monitor cables

The cable rack on the anesthesia machine. Know each connector before the patient rolls in.

Cable rack on the anesthesia machine with coiled cables for the arterial-line transducer, temperature probe, EKG leads, pulse oximeter and noninvasive blood-pressure cuff.

All supplies

Search from anywhere with / or the search tab — common nicknames work (“Yankauer,” “4x4,” “flush,” “art line”).

Counter

Front of the cabinet labeled Pyxis Anesthesia ES system, under an LA General drape.

Pyxis Anesthesia ES

At the workstation counter; screen on the left, drawers below.

Medication and supply cabinet for the room.

Used in: Induction meds

Prefilled 10 mL saline flush syringes in the small blue counter bin.

10 mL saline flush

Small blue bin on the counter, left of the label dispenser.

Prime extensions and check IV patency.

Used in: IV kit

Counter with arrows to the 10 cc flushes and the medication label dispenser.

Medication labels

Rolls in the clear dispenser along the back of the counter.

Color-coded, user-applied syringe labels (drug name + concentration + date/time + initials).

Used in: Induction meds

Bins

Open extension-set bin with wrapped extension tubing.

IV extension sets

Top-left supply bin (“Extension sets”); also in the lines drawer.

Extend lines and carry a primed flush in the IV kit.

Used in: IV kit · Fluids & tubing

Open bin of packaged 4×4 gauze sponges.

4×4 gauze & sponges

Top row, second bin.

IV kits and holding pressure.

Used in: IV kit

Closed bin labeled chlorhexidine syringe caps.

Chlorhexidine syringe caps

Top row, third bin (labeled “Chlorhexidine syringe caps”).

Cap drawn-up induction syringes and line ends.

Used in: Induction meds

Tegaderm transparent dressing package, front.

IV start kits & Tegaderm

Top-right bin (“IV start kits”).

Everything for peripheral IV placement except the catheter and flush.

Used in: IV kit

Ointment / lubricant

Bottom row, first bin.

Lubricating tubes and airways.

Used in: Airway setup

Infusion plugs & 3-way stopcocks

Bottom row, second bin.

Line caps and stopcocks.

Alcohol prep pads beside 4×4 gauze.

Alcohol pads

Bottom row, middle bin.

Scrub ports and vial tops; IV kits.

Used in: IV kit · Induction meds

Open bin with several rolls of tape.

Tape

Bottom row, left of the EKG pads.

Securing the tube, lines and eyes.

Used in: Airway setup

Open bin of packaged EKG electrode pads.

EKG pads (electrodes)

Bottom-right bin (“EKG pads”).

ECG monitoring — 5-lead placement on the Monitoring page.

Airway drawer

Packaged endotracheal tube, stylet and syringe.

Endotracheal tubes

Pyxis airway drawer, top compartment.

Definitive airway.

Used in: Airway setup

Packaged oral airway, blade and handle.

Oral airways

Pyxis airway drawer, middle (3 sizes).

Relieve tongue obstruction during mask ventilation.

Used in: Airway setup

Assembled MAC 4 blade on handle.

Laryngoscope handles & MAC blades

Pyxis airway drawer, lower compartments.

Direct laryngoscopy.

Used in: Airway setup

Lines drawer

Five syringes: 20, 10, 5, 3 and 3 mL.

Syringes (3, 5, 10, 20 mL)

Pyxis lines drawer, top row.

Drawing up medications; cuff syringe.

Used in: Induction meds · Airway setup

Packaged blunt cannulas and a red-hub needle.

Blunt cannulas & needles

Pyxis lines drawer, middle-left.

Drawing from vials.

Used in: Induction meds

Packaged 16, 18 and 20 G IV catheters.

IV catheters

Pyxis lines drawer, middle.

Peripheral IV access.

Used in: IV kit

Arterial-line kit & cable

Pyxis lines drawer, lower; transducer cable on the monitor rack.

Invasive blood pressure when the case calls for it.

Airway & suction

Upright organizer of long packaged stylets with a shelf label.

Stylets

Tall upright organizer beside the workstation.

Shape the tube for intubation.

Used in: Airway setup

Suction canister, tubing and a face mask beside the anesthesia machine.

Suction & face mask

Beside the anesthesia machine.

Every morning: connect, turn on, occlude the tubing to confirm suction; Yankauer within reach.

Used in: Airway setup

Fluids

Blue bins on shelves holding 1 L bags of 0.9% saline and lactated Ringer’s.

Fluid bags (NS, LR)

Blue bins on the shelving (labeled NS 0.9% 1 L, LR 1 L).

IV fluids. Read the label every time — bags look alike.

Used in: Fluids & tubing

Waste & sharps

Blue bin with a black lid labeled incineration only with a regulated medical waste symbol.

Sharps / incineration bin

Blue bin with black lid by the workstation, labeled “Incineration only.”

Needles and sharps go here immediately.

Used in: Induction meds · IV kit

Red foot-pedal bin with biohazard labels.

Biohazard bin

Red foot-pedal bin.

Blood-soaked or infectious waste — not sharps.

Beige foot-pedal general waste bin.

General trash

Beige foot-pedal bin beside the cabinetry.

Packaging and clean waste.